Product type | Confection |
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Owner | Nestlé |
Country | U.K. |
Introduced | 1957 |
Previous owners | Mackintosh's |
Website | nestle.co.uk/munchies |
Munchies are a type of confectionery produced by Nestlé. They were introduced by the British firm Mackintosh's in 1957. [1] The brand was later acquired by Nestlé as part of its takeover of Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988.
The original variety of Munchies are individual milk chocolate-coated sweets with a caramel and biscuit centre.
In 1995 the confectionery formerly known as "Mintola" (near-identical in appearance to Munchies, but consisting of plain chocolate with a mint fondant centre) was renamed "Mint Munchies". [2] In 2006, Mint Munchies were again renamed, this time as " After Eight Bitesize". [3] [4]
In September 2019, Nestlé launched a new flavour of the Munchies confection - Chocolate Fudge Brownie. It also launched a Cookie Dough variant. They have also released a Salted Caramel Fudge flavoured variety in 2021. [5]
In August 2020, Nestlé launched a limited-edition variant of Munchies featuring a white chocolate shell. [6]
In March 2023, as a part of their "Golden Collection" of chocolates, Nestlé released "Munchies Gold" made with Caramac chocolate. [7]
1957 - Munchies are introduced
Mint Munchies [were launched] in 1957, this product changed its name from Mintola to Mint Munchies in June 1995
Mint Munchies [..] are being changed into the After Eight brand. [..] "New After Eight bitesize combines the popular Mint Munchies product with the strength of the After Eight brand."